Woman Wants to Use Husband's $80K Inheritance on a Vacation After He's 'Benefitted Considerably' from Her Own Family

A female wants to walk immoderate of her husband's $80,000 inheritance connected a picnic — because she feels he has "benefitted considerably" from her ain family complete nan years.

In a station connected nan U.K.-based forum Mumsnet, nan female said her hubby is group to inherit astir $80,000 pursuing nan decease of his father.

Explaining that her partner said he plans to put nan money erstwhile nan clip comes, nan female wrote, "Fair enough. It’s his money,” earlier she asked nan if she would beryllium successful nan incorrect "to inquire him to put a mini information towards a family vacation?"

“I’d emotion to return [our children] to Florida earlier our eldest leaves home. It’s not thing we’d ordinarily beryllium capable to afford,” nan Mumsnet personification said.

According to nan woman, she has received astir $8,000 successful inheritances that person been utilized for family vacations aliases put into nan couple's associated relationship connected her end.

“My parents and grandparents are very generous by quality and person talented america money for a location deposit, wedding, etc. [and] taken america connected vacations, loaned money for location improvements, fixed rate gifts astatine Christmas, whereas his parents were really rather frugal,” she wrote.

“We travel from families that, contempt having akin incomes, person very different attitudes to money, and it’s reflected successful our ain outlooks connected money, I think," nan female continued.

The Mumsnet personification added that her hubby has “benefitted considerably” from her family’s generosity.

“[Am I being unreasonable] to inquire him to usage immoderate of this money to salary towards a family vacation, aliases is it a spot grabby?!” nan female past asked, concluding her post.

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Responses successful nan comments conception encouraged nan female to inquire her hubby to book nan family vacation, but galore users warned her that she whitethorn not get nan reply she is looking for.

“You would not beryllium unreasonable to ask. But I deliberation your rationale is skewed,” 1 personification commented.

“Assuming nan finance will yet beryllium you arsenic a family, past you person some utilized family money to use nan family — yours was holidays and treats, his successful agelong semipermanent investments," they added.

Another said, “I would ideate a vacation would return a important information of this. You tin ask, but he whitethorn consciousness this is not a bully usage of nan money, particularly if his parents were frugal.”

“I deliberation it’s a spot selfish to put it for someone’s ain status and not usage immoderate of it for family stuff,” 1 much personification wrote. “I admit that not everyone feels that way. When I inherited a ample amount, nan first point I did was usage it to salary disconnected our owe and book a typical family holiday. 

“I emotion my family and want to usage it to make our lives amended and much enjoyable successful nan present and now. I don’t deliberation you’re unreasonable astatine each to ask,” nan aforesaid personification added.